Reed and Etta came to visit

Brent's uncle Reed and aunt Etta came to visit. Their daughter Esther and her husband John and their kids, Jane, John, Jared and Ethan came too. Also Reed's daughter Rebekah came too. We hardly ever saw them because they went to the parks everyday and these pictures were taken one rare morning when they were here for just a few minutes. Conner was happy to play even for just a few minutes.

Jane (she is 7) did not want her picture taken so this was taken without her knowing!!

The kids looking at Pokemon cards. Conner and Jared (he is 9)

John he is 6.

Ethan he is 5.

Cream Puffs

Becky here is the recipe for Cream Puffs. It looks complicated, but it is actually simple.



1 cup of water
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup all purpose-flour
4 eggs
vanilla cream pudding

Vanilla cream pudding:
35 ounces jell-o pudding
2 cups half-and-half
just mix together like it was regular pudding. Will set and be thick enough to fill the puffs.

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Heat water and butter to rolling boil. Stir vigorously over low heat, about one minute or until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at one time; continue beating until smooth. Drop dough by scant 1/4 cupfuls 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and golden (if it looks like they will be overcooked put a sheet of aluminum foil over them, usually when there is about 15 minutes left of cooking, so that they don't burn). Cool away from draft. Cut off tops. Pull away any filaments of soft dough. Carefully fill puffs with vanilla cream pudding. Replace tops, dust with confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate until serving time. Makes 12 puffs.

Decorating

The girls bedrooms were in desperate need of an update!!

Ashley's: new bedding.

Brittany's: new curtains and bedding.

Alison's: New curtains and bedding.

Ocasio's sealing

The Ocasio's got sealed on Saturday. It was beautiful and I am so happy for them!!

Conner's class Christmas party

Conner had a lot of fun. They played games and danced freeze dance and musical chairs.

Dancing.

musical chairs.

reading by the Christmas tree.

Taking an AR test.

The Ocasio's

Today Brother Edwin Ocasio went through the temple for the first time!! We are so happy for him. On Saturday Aixa and Edwin are getting sealed!!

Aixa and Edwin Ocasio.

Bishop Randy Heninger and his wife Shawna Heninger with the Ocasios.

Brother Daveline, he was his escort.

Heningers, Ocasios, me and Yaremi Olvera.

The Ocasios and Bro. Daveline.

A donation

Conner finished his knitted hat and on Sunday gave it to the RS president to donate. He was so happy and I was so proud of him for working so hard and finishing it!!

Brent and I baked cream puffs this weekend to give to some families in the Ward. They turned out really good!

I had some very ripe bananas that I did not want to waste so I made banana bread for the sisters that I visit teach.